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HomeMy WebLinkAbout385_Traffic Control and Authorize use of School Crossing GuardsBOOK 5104 PAGE 1258 708636 STATE OF OKLAHOMA TULSA COUNTY FILED OR RECORDED 88 JUN-6 PM 12:27 JOAN HASTINGS TULSA COUNTY CLERK CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA AN ORDINANCE AMENDING PART FIFTEEN - TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES, CHAPTER TWO - ENFORCEMENT, SECTION 15 -202 - DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC BY HAND OR VOICE, AMENDING SAME TO PROVIDE AUTHORITY FOR DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC BY HAND OR VOICE BY DULY AUTHORIZED SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS; SECTION 15 -204 - OBEDIENCE TO POLICE AND FIRE OFFICIALS, AMENDING SAME BY DIRECTING OBEDIENCE TO POLICE, FIRE AND SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD OFFICIALS, DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA, THAT: Section One: Part Fifteen (15) - Traffic and Vehicles, Chapter Two (2) - Enforcement, Section 15 -202 - Direction of Traffic by Hand or Voice, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Owasso, Oklahoma, providing as follows, A. Officers of the police department or any officers designated by the chief of police are hereby authorized to direct traffic by voice, hand, or signal in conformance with traffic laws and ordinances. In the event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or to safeguard pedestrians, officers of the police department may direct traffic as conditions may require notwithstanding the provisions of the traffic laws and or ordinances. B. Officers of the fire department, when at the scene of a fire, or other emergency, may direct or assist the police in directing traffic in the immediate vicinity. shall be amended to provide, A. Officers of the police department or any officers designated by the chief of police are hereby authorized to direct traffic by voice, hand, or signal in conformance with traffic laws and ordinances. In the event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or to safeguard pedestrians, officers of the police department may direct traffic as conditions may require notwithstanding the provisions of the traffic laws and or ordinances. B. Officers of the fire department, when the scene of a fire, or other emergency, may direct or assist the police in directing traffic in the immediate vicinity. C. Duly authorized school crossing guards, when at a duly designated school zone, as defined herein, may direct traffic at such school zone to safeguard pedestrians therein. BOOK 5104 PAGE 1259 Section Two: Part Fifteen (15) - Traffic and Vehicles, Chapter Two (2) - Enforcement, Section 15 -204 - Obedience to Police and Fire Officials, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Owasso, Oklahoma, providing as follows, No person shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of a police officer or fire department official. shall be amended to provide, No person shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of a police officer, fire department official, or authorized school crossing guard. Section Three: By reason of the imminent danger to pedestrians in school zones within the City of Owasso, Oklahoma, and the threat of death or serious bodily harm arising from said danger, an emergency is hereby declared to exist whereby the provisions of the ordinance shall, upon passage and publication, become effective immediately. APPROVED this 5th day of April, 1988, with the Emergency Clause voted upon and approved separately. CITY OF OWASSO OKLAHOMA A Municipal Corporation By: Von E. Stockler, Mayor ATTEST: Jane Buchanan, City Clerk AS TO FORM: Ronald D. Cates, City Attorney -2- BOOK 5104 PAGE 1260 Affidavit of Publication STATE OF OKLAHOMA, TULSA COUNTY, ss: Bill R. Retherford, of lawful age, being duly sworn and authrized, says that he is the publisher of the Owasso Reporter, a weekly newspaper printed in the City of Tulsa Tulsa County, Oklahoma, a newspaper qualified to publish legal notices, advertisements and publications as provided in Section 106 of Title 25, Oklahoma Statutes 1971 and 1983 as amended, and thereafter, and complies with all other requirements of the laws of Oklahoma with reference to legal publications That said notice, a true copy of which is attached hereto, was published in the regular edition of said newspaper during the period and time of publication and not in a supplement, on the following dates: April 14, 1988 Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14th day of April, 1988 Notary Public My commission expires: September 13, 1991 PUBLISHER'S FEE $17.40 Published in the Owasso Reporter, Owasso, Tulsa County, Oklahoma April 14, 1988. CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA ORDINANCE NUMBER 385 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING PART FIFTEEN - TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES, CHAPTER TWO - ENFORCEMENT, SECTION 15-202 - DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC BY HAND OR VOICE, AMENDING SAME TO PROVIDE AUTHORITY FOR DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC BY AHND OR VOICE BY DULY AUTHORIZED SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS; SECTION 15-204 - OBEDIENCE TO POLICE AND FIRE OFFICIALS AMENDING SAME BY DIRECTING OBEDIENCE TO POLICE, FIRE AND SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD OFFICIALS, DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. APPROVED this 5th day of April, 1988, with the Emergency Clause voted upon and approved separately. CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA A Municipal Corporation By: /s/ Von E. Stockler Mayor ATTEST: /s/ Jane Buchanan City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: /s/ Ronald D. Cates City Attorney